The National tribune., 1887-12-08

Spencer repeating rifles. Before entering Pc
tersburg they saw the fire and heard the ex-
plosions at Richmond, and almost Immediately
Petersburg was fired, and they knew that the
rebels had withdrawn from the front. The oc-
cupation of the town followed Immediately af-
terward.
Israel W. Stone, Battery NJ 1st H. Art, Law
renee, Kan, tells Comrade Sackrider, 121st
Ohio, that il was his battery, which was known
as "Millers Chicago Battery" to whom the
two guns belonged that were lost at Chieka-
manga. He was thar"
Lieut.. George II. Mckinney, Resimental
Quartermaster, 10th KY, Stanford, KY, was
Division Quartermaster of Ransom's Division,
Thirteenth Corps, during the Red River cam
paign. He says the train of his division was
only saved by the Thirteenth Corps at Sabine
Crossroads, and the credit is due to the 161st
n. Y. Zouaves, who checked the rebel advance.
Not another team, wagon or ambulance was
saved in the corps.
Henry Bowers, Sd n. Y, Sherburne, ". Y,
tells the adventures of his regiment at Raleigh,
n. c., just after the close of the war. and Of a
funny incident where an unarmed Sergeant
deliberately and successfully carried away an
enraged woman who was trying to make one of
the men pay board bill of So. The woman
weighed over 300 pounds.
Lewis Marvill, Co. F, 9th Mich III. A., Park
vile, Mich, informs Comrade Harris and others
who object to his statements about the service
Of Michigan troops, that his data was taken
from the work entitled "Michigan in the
War;" which was made up of documents re-
ccived weekly and monthly from officers, COM
mands, regiments, batteries and other separate
organizations that are in the archives of the
State. For Comrade Harriss satisfaction he
appends n list of the engagements Of the 10Th
Mich, which reads like history Of the Army
of the Potomac.
o. 5. Barrett, 4th Mich, Adrian, Mich, takes
grave exception to the recent communication
Of COmradc Fisher, 37th Ohio, making unjust
discrimination between the relative fighting of
the troops in the East and the West. He says
that the list in killed and wounded Of the Army
of the Potomac from the beginning of the
Peninsular campaign until the surrender far ex-
ceeded all the numbers engaged in all the West
ern armies. There should be no discrimna-
ton in the credit due both armies for the
Army of the Potomac had no wide lines of re-
treat to fall back upon when defeated, but were
obliged to stick it out and fight, while in the
West the back gate was always open when it
was necessary to be used.
Capt. Hugh Andrews, Co. d, 109th ILL.,, takes
strong exception to the recent article regard
ing the disgrace of his regiment. but comedies
that Gen. Grant issued Special Order relating
to the conduct of the regiment at Holly Springs,
Miss. He asks that in justice to the regiment
another order, General Order No II, be pub
lished in this connection. The Captain does
not send copy Of the order, which we would
be glad to publish.
q. w. Turner, Co. Fl, 10Th Ky, Beveridge,
Ark, was at the battle of Franklin, and says
that it was the 18th instead of the 18th Ky.
which held the line when the 10Th Ohio broke
through. The Ohio regiment was badly broken
and driven upon his regiment in great con-
fusion, but it was no disgrace for the Ohio boys,
because it was O very tight pace.
inflammation Asked and Given
Orange V. Barnes, Co. III, 18th Iowa, who
went away from Longwood, Neb., Oct. H. in
sane, has not been heard from since Ills
wife, Mrs. o. b. Barnes, State Center Iowa.
would be glad to receive any news of him. He
is AZ years old, five feet eight inches in hight,
light, curly hair, light mustache and whiskers,
blue eyes, and has a scar over one eye.
Jacob Sites, RoHzerville Pa, wants TO know
the date on which the prisoners were paroed
at Andersonville and sent to Jacksonville.
j. A. McClain, Co. III, 9th Ohio Cav, Bryan,
o., would like to know why the badge adopted
by Kilpatrick's Cavalry Division at Greenboro
n. e., has never been recognized and placed
among the other cavalry badges.
III. A. Cannon, Helena, Fla, announces that
for the next six months he will be glad to cor
respond with any comrade who contemplates
going to that country, and will give all the
| facts desired in relation to SOIL climate, etc.
Mrs. X. G. White, Waseo. ILL.,, is the widow of
| Uriah @. White, Drummer, Co. ID, I05th III.
| She wants to know the name and address of a
soldier of Co. III, same regiment, who served as
nurse in the hospital at Chattanooga Division
No. 8, in June, 1854, who knew her husband.
She would also like the address of John A.
| Belden, Bugler, l05th.
| Jerry Clayton. Superintendent Of the poor
| house at PaOla, Ind, writes that an old man is
now in the poorhouse who was found two years
ago lying under house nearly frozen to death.
He says his name is Geo.W. Taylor and that he
served during the war in Co. G., 35th ILL., Cav,
enlisting at Wayne City or at Macon, H., he
does not know which. No one near Paola
knows anything about the old man.
| COmrade Il. Il. Fish, Rolfe, Poeahontas
| County, Iowa. writes to inform Comrade John
| III. Miller. 18th Ill. Cav, that Capt. Ben. Hard
ing. 18th III. Cav, now lives at Columbus City,
Iowa. COmrade Fish has the present address
of II veterans of that regiment, and of 10000
other veterans of various Union regiments.
Martin Flicker, 2S2 Keap street. Brooklyn,
n. y, notifies all the comrades of the 9th NY.
/ Cav. who have not received a list of the sur
vivors of that regiment to apply to him at once,
and he will supply them.
A. Eppenauer, Co. f. 37th Ohio, and Co. G.,
22d V. Il. g., Schell City, Mo, was shot through
| both lungs at Vicksburg. One bullet remains
yet in the lung, and the other lies under the
shoulder somewhere. Both caused great trou-
Bile, and the wounds have broken out num-
Der Of times in the last few years. He wants
some comrades to tell him what climate would
suit best to prolong his life.
5. WOrthen, Bakersville n. C., says he can
| give information of the missing members of
the 9Th VT. who were killed by citizens in
Rutherford County, n. C., while on their
| homeward trip after the final surrender.
w. A. White, Fresno Cal. says that in spite
of the claims of excellence for settlement in
| Illinois, Southern California is better. In ad-
| dition to the grain and stock raised in Illinois,
which he raises rs well, he has raised bananas,
and grapes for raisins on his place. From one
small patch of 800 vines he last year sold SlS4
worth of raisins. and this year Sl72.
Il. A. Black, Parkersburg. w. Va, wants to
know who it was at the st. Louis Reunion that
| opened register at one of the tents in the
Kansas camp for West Virginia veterans.
III. C. Thompson, Co. A, 18th ILL.,, Crestline,
Colo, writes in relation to gold mining and re-
| duction in Colorado at which he claims TO be
All adept. He says he has thoroughly studied
| the subject of the reduction of gold ores and
| their separation from other ores, but there is
| lacking method Of extracting the fine gold
| which would enable many mines to be worked
advantageously which are now valueless He
| wants some comrade to correspond with him on
| the question of extracting fine ores.
&. T.. Johnson, Frederick, Oak, lives in the
| Jim River Valley, and urges comrades to settle
| there if they wish cheap homes. He went
there five years ago with only $50. a wife and
two children, and today would not take $1,000
| for his home.
Edwin b. Force, Adjutant, Willis A. German
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